Gaurav Gupta returns to Mumbai after four years with a theatrical show | Mumbai News
Designer extraordinaire Gaurav Gupta is set to showcase his stellar Summer/Resort 2019 collection with an opening fashion show in South Mumbai, on January 29. ‘The (Un) folding’ — the collection brings together the delicacy of handwoven fabrics with the sharpness of the designer’s signature gravity-defying pattern making.
“I’m super excited to be coming back to Mumbai after four years with a very special, theatrical show at the Royal Opera House,” says the designer.
The collection will showcase elements that are unique to Indian design: embellishments and textiles and highlights the designer’s love for origami folding and fluid-structural construction. The range includes many firsts for the label. Lucknowi Chikankari makes an appearance, draped into demi-couture dresses. As does a very particular tone of yellow that’s traditionally called ‘basanti’, literally the essence of sunlit spring. Benaresi brocades are fashioned into deconstructed lehengas that are perfect for a modern bride on a destination wedding. Even his menswear features chikankari and brocades in unexpected ways.
Through playful dresses, pantsuits, sari-gowns, and eveningwear, Gaurav showcases a vision of modern Indian design using the best of traditional zardozi work, chikankari, and handwoven brocade textiles. To this, he adds handcrafted, 3D flowers in organza and soft georgette, and glams it up with a judicious smattering of crystals.
In keeping with the lightness of chikankari — an ideal technique for spring-design — the colour palette features mostly pastel shades like powder blue, yellow, ivory, rose, and the likes. And along with his scaffold-like construction, these tones form the designer’s vision of a glamorous, powerful Spring 2019.
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